Carl Friedrich Gauss vs Niels Henrik Abel
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Compare the life timelines of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) and Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 27 years, from 1802 to 1829.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)
- — Born in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Verified
- — Studied at the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Proved the constructibility of the regular 17-gon Verified
- — Published Disquisitiones Arithmeticae Verified
- — Computed the orbit of the asteroid Ceres Verified
- — Married Johanna Osthoff Verified
- — Appointed director of the Gottingen Observatory Verified
- — Led the geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover Verified
- — Built an early electromagnetic telegraph with Wilhelm Weber Verified
- — Died in Gottingen Verified
Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829)
- — Born on the island of Finnøy, Norway Verified
- — Entered the Cathedral School in Christiania Verified
- — Enrolled at the Royal Frederick University Verified
- — Proved the insolvability of the general quintic equation Verified
- — Traveled to Berlin and befriended August Leopold Crelle Verified
- — Visited Paris and submitted his memoir on transcendental functions Verified
- — Published pioneering work on elliptic functions Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis at Froland, Norway Verified